I would take that in a heartbeat. It may mean groce stays, which may be bad, but I just want to see winning basketball now. I would love to enjoy the rest of the season

I'd love some decent-to-good hoops this season from our squad, but I'd MUCH rather get it for a 30 game stretch than a 7 game stretch.

It'll be interesting to see the line on this game, feels like ILL -2.5 if I had to guess. Carr for PSU has had a great string of games since we played them last, starting to be the early impact guy I thought he'd be for them. Think it'll be close again.

I was at the PSU game, right in the middle of the season ticket holders. It really stung to be down by 20 at half although it was satisfying to watch the student section go quiet in the second half. No one was celebrating on the way out. Everyone knew PSU was saved by the clock.

Can we keep that momentum going at home? Depends how they play, which sounds obvious, except Illini fans know that better than everybody.

Even if we go on a little bit of a run here, I just don't think this team passes the eye test. Blowout losses to WVU, Maryland, Purdue, Indiana won't look good to the committee, albeit that these are all superior teams. Tournament teams don't get routinely embarrassed even if the competition is better